Bins & Carts

Residents in the unincorporated portion of Orange County can choose either one 95-gallon wheeled cart or two 18-gallon orange bins for their every other week collection:

Blue Recycling Cart

Orange Recycling Bin

Location

Recycling location or other factors may influence your choice of using a cart or using bins. If you choose a cart, however, use only your cart. Collection staff will not collect both bins and carts from a single household.

Replacement

Each household can receive two bins at no charge. Replacement for lost or damaged bins are available at no cost. Additional bins may be purchased for $7 from our office. If you do not have a recycling cart, you may use other rigid plastic containers similar in size and shape to the orange curbside recycling bins such as a laundry basket or a milk crate

Contact our office if your cart is missing or it needs a repair. Cart replacement costs $60, however there is no charge for a one time replacement if the loss or damage is through no fault of the household. If resident would like to lease an additional cart they may do so for an annual fee of $60.

View the Rural Route Schedule, effective July 1, 2018. Look for your street on the alphabetical list then click on the route number to find out your schedule. If you would like a calendar card with your schedule mailed to you, email recycling and we will send you one.

Have your recycling out by 7 a.m. on your collection day, and remove your cart or bins from the curb within 24 hours after it is picked up. If your recycling was out by 7 a.m. on your collection day but was not collected, please call our office by the next business day so we can get to that issue right away: 919-968-2788

Leave items loose in your cart. Never place recyclables bagged up inside your cart or bins.

Never place plastic bags, Styrofoam, food or other garbage in your curbside collection.

Goal

It is not mandatory to use curbside recycling even though it is available to you. It is Orange County's goal to encourage recycling County-wide. There is no additional charge for curbside recycling service. It and other solid waste and recycling services are funded by the Solid Waste Programs Fee.

Use your curbside recycling bins and carts for bottles, cans, jars, jugs, tubs, and all paper, all together in a single stream.